An insider’s perspective on why U.S. policymakers repeatedly underestimate the costs and consequences of intervention to both the United States and the people of the Middle East.

Teaching Notes for War by Other Means by CFR Fellow Jennifer M. Harris and Henry A. Kissinger senior fellow for U.S. foreign policy Robert D. Blackwill.

Teaching Notes on The Closing of the American Border: Terrorism, Immigration, and Security Since 9/11 by CFR Senior Fellow Edward Alden.

Three experts join CFR President Richard N. Haass to outline the courses of action available to the United States and debate whether U.S. intervention in Syria would be desirable or effective in this…

Teaching Notes on America the Vulnerable: How Our Governement Is Failing to Protect Us from Terrorism by CFR Fellow Stephen E. Flynn.